Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read a verse that says it's just as ridiculous to strive with our Maker as it is for a pot to question the pot maker who made it. Isa. 45: 9 "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?"

In the Book of Mormon I read that even though the people became prosperous, they were not lifted up in pride and they remembered that the Lord had delivered them from their enemies and from their afflictions. They continually prayed to the Lord and thanked Him for all His blessings. Alma 62: 49-51 "But notwithstanding their riches, or their strength, or their prosperity, they were not lifted up in the pride of their eyes; ne Yea, they did remember how great things the Lord had done for them, that he had delivered them from death, and from bonds, and from prisons, and from all manner of afflictions, and he had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies. And they did pray unto the Lord their God continually, insomuch that the Lord did bless them, according to his word, so that they did wax strong and prosper in the land."


Some scriptures with a thought booklet admonish us to hold fast to our unwavering faith and assemble ourselves together, exhorting one another and provoking one another unto love and good works. It's important to meet together with other believers and support and encourage one another--one more reason to attend church on a weekly basis. Heb. 10: 22-25 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
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